To enable password encryption, you must set the EncryptPassword connection property, which specifies whether the password is transmitted in encrypted format. When password encryption is enabled, the password is sent over the wire only after a login is negotiated; the password is first encrypted and then sent. The EncryptPassword values are:
0 – use plain text password. This is the default value.
1 – use encrypted password. If it is not supported, return an error message.
2 – use encrypted password. If it is not supported, use plain text password.
To use asymmetrical password encryption, your server must support asymmetrical
encryption, such as Adaptive Server 15.0.2. Asymmetrical encryption
requires additional processing time, and may cause a slight delay
in login time.
Launch the Sybase Data Source Administrator.
Select Data Source.
Check Encrypt Password.
You can only use the user interface to set EncryptPassword to
0 or 1. To set EncryptPassword to
2, use a connection string.
Data Source=MANGO:5000;UserID=sa;pwd=sybase;EncryptPassword=2
Encrypting passwords